Reinterpreting Revolutionary Russia is a stimulating and highly original collection of essays from a team of internationally renowned experts. Each chapter reinterprets key issues and debates, includi...g political, social, cultural and international aspects of the Russian revolution stretching from the late imperial period to the early Soviet state. Specific issues such as that of terrorism in the Russian liberation movement are discussed, as well as studies of the broader historiography, discussing why the Revolution happened and when it ended. Importantly, there are reassessments of the role of key individuals, rescuing Lenin, Trotsky and Krupskaya from mythology. In addition, the impact of political struggles upon the cultural world, from museum displays to historical reputations, is investigated, and the repercussions of the Bolshevik revolution for international relations are also highlighted. This collection is essential reading for an understanding of the driving forces of the Russian revolution, of the role of individuals, of the broader social and political landscape, and of the impact the revolution had on the wider world. Book jacket.続きを見る

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Terror in 1905 / John Keep Mariya Spiridonova: Russian martyr and British heroine? The Portrayal of a Russian female terrorist in the British press / Jane McDermid The first World War and the end of Tsarism / David Saunders The October revolution, the constituent assembly, and the end of the Russian revolution / Rex A. Wade Trotsky and the Russian Civil War / Geoffrey Swain A Bolshevik in Brixton prison: Fedor Raskol'nikov and the origins of Anglo-Soviet relations / Jonathan D. Smele Retrieving the historical Lenin / Christopher Read In Lenin's shadow: Nadezhda Krupskaya and the Bolshevik Revolution / Jane McDermid and Anya Hillyar Soviet 'foreign policy' and the Versailles-Washington system / Paul Dukes From 'state of the art' to 'state art': the rise of socialist realism at the Tretyakov Gallery / Mary Hannah Byers Politics projected into the past: what precipitated the 1936 campaign against M.N. Pokrovsky? / David Brandenberger.続きを見る